The house doesn't always win

JP Morgan quietly steps back from Polymarket as the prediction markets platform's annualized revenue crossed $1.2B

Chime’s Next Big Bet

Stablecoins are going mainstream in consumer financial applications

Prediction Markets Hit $111B in Q2

Faster Growth, Bigger Fights, Same Two Winners

Situational Blindness | TWIF US

As Korean markets whipsaw, a $45B hedge fund fire-sales out of its leveraged AI trades

Congress Finds Clarity

But Trump isn't allowed to launch any more tokens.

Why Is Block Helping Stripe Buy Venmo's Parent?

Also... the stablecoin implications hidden inside of Stripe/PayPal, Visa's new stablecoin acceptance network, DTCC tokenization, and more.

Buy Now, Bank Later

Klarna applies to become a bank, while banks circle a Fiserv debit network that could yield another $50B+ acquisition....

Stablecoin-by-committee launches with 140+ partners

Will stablecoin issuers eventually look like TelCo's?

Banks may soon be able to charge fintechs for customer data, per CFPB (TWIF 6/26)

Also: JP Morgan succession battle, Meta's prediction markets, and the end of 'Britcoin'

Can fintech close the financial access gap? (TWIF 6/19)

Also: Visa and Revolut roll out new payment tools, Mercury launches AI banking, Rain cards drive 25% uplift in Avalanche cardholder spend

In prediction markets, the house always wins (TWIF 6/12)

Also: Mastercard and Visa battle in agent payments, Revolut expands high-interest savings in Europe while maneuvering around the ECB

Everyone is going to have a stablecoin strategy (TWIF 6/5)

MoneyGram, Coinbase, Checkout, Fireblocks, Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, and more companies launch stablecoin products. Also, Cash App launches a wand.

A major US bank launches its own stablecoin (TWIF 5/29)

Also: Mastercard gets its Bitlicense, Airwallex gets into corporate billing, and Whop launches a stablecoin card

EMEA is the next big stablecoin growth market (TWIF 5/22)

Also: The US proposes Fed accounts for fintechs, Revolut launches crypto card, and Plaid's super launch week

A Tale of Two Clarities (TWIF 5/15)

Also: Revolut private banking, the State of Stables, and Klarna earnings

Coinbase's stablecoin volume on Base grows 10x (TWIF 5/8)

Also: Revolut hits 70M customers, Polymarket insider winning concentration, Anthoropic launches finance agents, and Parker shuts down after raising $200M+

What happens when a stablecoin goes unstable? (TWIF 5/1)

Also: Thank you to the 7,500+ people who joined New York Fintech Week, more AI + fintech launches, and US banks in good shape

Circle mints $1B in 24 hours and launches managed payments (TWIF 4/10)

Also: TWIF USA break until May 1st, JP Morgan rings the tokenization bell, Bolt lays off 1/3 of workforce, World Liberty Financial in hot water

Franklin Templeton wraps crypto into its $1.7T of assets via Coinfund spinoff (TWIF 4/5)

Tether pushes for $500B (TWIF 4/4)

Also, a big week for stablecoin fundraises and Mercury's $5B round

Private credit investors head for the door (TWIF 4/3)

Also: Agentic payments, NY Fed outflows, and the Stablecon Policy Council

Flutterwave, Moniepoint, Ripple, Mastercard and Plaid makes moves (TWIF 3/29)

GeoWealth and Spade raise over $40M each (TWIF 3/28)

Plaid & The Front Page of Fintech (TWIF 3/27)